Chinese Stars (Empty Bottle)

Toad the Wet Sprocket (Park West)

Toby Lightman (Martyrs')

Abigail Williams (Pearl Room)

Barcelona, Meese (Beat Kitchen)

Ekoostik Hookah, Devon Allman's Honeytribe (House of Blues)

Josh Ritter (Metro)

Mekons (Schubas)

Mint Condition (House of Blues)

Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, Big Brother & the Holding Company (Genesee Theatre)

Pete and J (Schubas)

Rebirth Brass Band, Mas Trueno (Martyrs')

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the MacHine (House of Blues)

Arc Angels (House of Blues)

Gucci Mane, Nicky Minaj, Oj Da Juiceman (Congress Theater)

Jamie Foxx (Arie Crown Theater)

Mos Def, Jay Electronica (House of Blues)

Paolo Nutini, Erin McCarley, Matt Hires (the Vic)

So Many Dynamos, Cast Spells (Beat Kitchen)

Tori Amos (Chicago Theatre)

Casiokids (Schubas)

Poison the Well, Bane, Terror, This is Hell, War of Ages (Metro)

Cky, Graveyard, Asg (House of Blues)

Diane Birch (Beat Kitchen)

Trews, Zo2 (Schubas)

Wooden Wand, Scott Tuma & Mike Weis (Empty Bottle)

Beastie Boys (Congress Theater)

Decemberists, Heartless Bastards (Metro)

Rx Bandits, Dredg (Bottom Lounge)

Sonny Landreth (SPACE)

Thievery Corporation, Federico Aubele (House of Blues)

Trevor Hall (Beat Kitchen)

Warlocks (Empty Bottle)

Arctic Monkeys (Metro)

Band of Horses, Cass McCombs (House of Blues)

Chickenfoot, Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam (Chicago Theatre)

Crookers, Major Lazer, Bloody Beetroots (Congress Theater)

Delta Spirit, Other Lives (Schubas)

Girls (Hideout)

Hatebreed, Chimaira (Pearl Room)

Lykke Li, Miike Snow (Bottom Lounge)

Mark Farina, Pezzner, Frank Solano (Smart Bar)

Outlaws (Beverly Arts Center)

Tv On the Radio, Chairlift (Double Door)

Dan Auerbach, Cage the Elephant (Schubas)

Daughtry, David Hodges (the Vic)

Fleet Foxes, Dungen (Metro)

Jeff Tweedy (Emanuel Congregation)

Kaskade, James Amato (Smart Bar)

Marco Antonio Solis (Allstate Arena)

Moody Blues (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

Raveonettes, Living Things (Empty Bottle)

Sts9 (House of Blues)

Deerhunter, Dan Deacon, No Age (Logan Square Auditorium)

Misfits, Juicehead (House of Blues)

Mstrkrft, L.a. Riots (Bottom Lounge)

The Script, Parachute (Martyrs')

Trash Can Sinatras (Schubas)

Alasdair Roberts (Martyrs')

Jeffree Star, Artist Vs. Poet (Reggie's Rock Club)

Kottonmouth Kings, Swollen Members (House of Blues)

Rokia Traore, Shearwater (Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park)

Caribbean, Silences, All Tiny Creatures (Empty Bottle)

Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher (the Vic)

Love, Electirc Prunes, Sky Saxon (Double Door)

Nat & Alex Wolff (House of Blues)

Tracy Chapman (Park West)

Breeders (Metro)

Gaelic Storm (Beverly Arts Center)

Nebula, Entrance Band (Bottom Lounge)

Slobberbone (Abbey Pub)

Ac/dc (United Center)

Albert Cummings (House of Blues)

Andrew Strong (Abbey Pub)

Art Brut (Subterranean)

Duke & the King (Schubas)

Reel Big Fish, English Beat, Supervillains (House of Blues)

88 Fingers Louie (Bottom Lounge)

Daniel Johnston (Metro)

Edwin McCain (House of Blues)

Harvey Danger (Schubas)

Lucero (Subterranean)

Mitchel Musso (House of Blues)

Nobunny, Smith Westerns, Bird Talk (Bottom Lounge)

The Answer (Beat Kitchen)

Colin Hay (Abbey Pub)

Norman Brown, Patti Austin, Eric Darius (House of Blues)

Priscilla Ahn (Schubas)

Otto, Nomo (Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park)

Pretenders, Cat Power, Juliette Lewis (Aragon Ballroom)

Green River Ordinance (Schubas)

Brendan Benson (Schubas)

Drug Rug (Hideout)

Max Tundra (Empty Bottle)

Pat Green (Joe's)

Apocalypse Hoboken (Bottom Lounge)

B-52's (House of Blues)

Tycho, Solvent, Kill Memory Crash, Dark Party (Empty Bottle)

Apocalypse Hoboken (Reggie's Rock Club)

Eddie Jobson (Martyrs')

Our Lady Peace (the Vic)

Paul Anka (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

Dar Williams, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Donna Summer (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beardfish, Pain of Salvation (Chicago Theatre)

Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage (Schubas)

Mother Mother (Beat Kitchen)

Red Red Meat, Rural Alberta Advantage (Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park)

Modest Mouse (Aragon Ballroom)

De La Soul (House of Blues)

Panda (House of Blues)

Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle, Halestorm (Congress Theater)

BBsonicos (Congress Theater)

Ettes (Subterranean)

Little Feat (Old Town School of Folk Music)

Mac McAnally (House of Blues Back Porch Stage)

Pussycat Dolls (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

Project Pitchfork, I:scintilla, Critical System Error (Abbey Pub)

Throw Me the Statue, Brunettes (Subterranean)

Throw Rag (Beat Kitchen)

Buckwheat Zydeco (SPACE)

Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy (House of Blues)

Vivian Girls, Beets (Empty Bottle)

The Cult (House of Blues)

David Mead, Silver Seas (Schubas)

Hot House Flowers (Abbey Pub)

Autolux (Empty Bottle)

Have Heart, Shipwreck A.d., Cruel Hand (Subterranean)

Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears (Schubas)

Ricardo Arjona (Rosemont Theatre)

Jedi Mind Tricks (Subterranean)

Jypsi (Abbey Pub)

Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Depreciation Guild, Cymbals Eat Guitars (Empty Bottle)

Psychedelic Furs, Happy Mondays (House of Blues)

Britney Spears (Allstate Arena)

Chicha Libre (Schubas)

Every Time I Die, Bring Me the Horizon (House of Blues)

John Hammond (SPACE)

Amazing BB (Schubas)

Jack Ingram (Joe's)

Joe Pernice (Schubas)

The Minus 5, Baseball Project, Steve Wynn Iv (Martyrs')

Cave Singers, Lightning Dust (Schubas)

Doro (Pearl Room)

Junior Brown (FitzGerald's)

Kinky (Congress Theater)

Kyle Hollingsworth (Martyrs')

Matt & Kim, Amanda Blank (Bottom Lounge)

Regina Spektor, Little Joy (Chicago Theatre)

Edguy (Pearl Room)

Michelle Shocked (SPACE)

Pet Shop Boys (Chicago Theatre)

Drones (Schubas)

Proclaimers (Double Door)

Little Boots (Empty Bottle)

Maximo Park, Cougar (Metro)

Health, Picture (Empty Bottle)

Alice In Chains (House of Blues)

Ellis Paul & Ari Hest (SPACE)

Hey Mercedes (Double Door)

Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (Congress Theater)

Lou Gramm (Joe's)

Sondre Lerche (Schubas)

Charlatans, Hatcham Social (Double Door)

Hugh Cornwell (Abbey Pub)

Porcupine Tree (the Vic)

Ani DiFranco (the Vic)

Dynamites (Schubas)

Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun (Pearl Room)

America (Genesee Theatre)

Jack Rose (Hideout)

Killdozer, Urinals (Abbey Pub)

Sunny Day Real Estate (Metro)

Wisin y Yandel (Allstate Arena)

. . . and You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Secret MacHines (Logan Square Auditorium)

Jack Penate (Empty Bottle)

Owl City, Kate Havnevik, Unicorn Kid (Metro)

Stratovarius (Pearl Room)

Weakerthans (Bottom Lounge)

Death, Rough Francis (Empty Bottle)

Down (Pearl Room)

Lea Salonga (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

New Model Army, The Bomb (Bottom Lounge)

Pink, Ting Tings (Allstate Arena)

Sleepy Sun, Assemble Head In Sunburst (Chopin Theatre)

Bajofondo (Park West)

Children of Bodom, Skeletonwitch (House of Blues)

Karla Bonoff (SPACE)

Soulsavers Featuring Mark Lanegan (Double Door)

Chain & the Gang (Beat Kitchen)

Spetsnaz, Hardwire (Abbey Pub)

Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica (House of Blues)

Buju Banton (House of Blues)

Wovenhand, Drmwpn (Empty Bottle)

Natalie Cole (the Venue at Horseshoe Casino)

Fever Ray (Metro)

Jamey Johnson (Joe's)

Kmfdm (House of Blues)

Monotonix (Logan Square Auditorium)

Mono, Maserati (Bottom Lounge)

Stryper, Flight Patterns (House of Blues)

Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Daily Void (Empty Bottle)

Revolting Cocks, Jim Rose Circus, Blownload (House of Blues)

Butthole Surfers (Metro)

Faust (Empty Bottle)

Ian Anderson (the Vic)

Kylie Minogue (Congress Theater)

Vienna Teng (SPACE)

Murder City Devils, Dead Milkmen, Riverboat Gamblers (Congress Theater)

Naked Raygun, No Empathy, Wax, Rights of the Accused (Metro)

Dead Milkmen, Teenage Bottlerocket, Teen Idols (Metro)

Loney Dear, Asobi Seksu (Bottom Lounge)

Nofx, Cock Sparrer, 88 Fingers Louie, Street Dogs, Youth Brigade, Shot Baker (Congress Theater)

Slick Idiot (Reggie's Rock Club)

Strike Anywhere, Polar Bear Club, Crime In Stereo (Beat Kitchen)

They Might Be Giants (the Vic)

Cock Sparrer, Lower Class Brats, Flatfoot 56, Fear City (Metro)

Horrors, Crocodiles (Double Door)

Roy Clark (Rialto Square Theatre)

Screeching Weasel, Alkaline Trio, Pegboy (Congress Theater)

BBMould Band (Metro)

Mumiy Troll (Logan Square Auditorium)

School of Seven Bells (Empty Bottle)

Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & the Missingmen (the Vic)

Ufo (House of Blues)

Keller Williams (Park West)

Mutemath (House of Blues)

Vicente Fernandez (Allstate Arena)

Dodos, Ruby Suns (Bottom Lounge)

Shonen Knife, White Mystery, Dials (Bottom Lounge)

Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers (Empty Bottle)

Tuck & Patti (SPACE)

Jackopierce (SPACE)

Moonspell, Samael (Pearl Room)

Venetian Snares (Reggie's Rock Club)

Will Hoge (Double Door)

Ben Watt (Smart Bar)

Chuck Wicks (Joe's)

Joe Bonamassa (the Vic)

Lawrence Arms (Metro)

Ingrid Michaelson (Park West)

Miley Cyrus, Metro Station (United Center)

Mum (Logan Square Auditorium)

Queensryche (Rialto Square Theatre)

Pinback, Homosexuals (Bottom Lounge)

Skillet (House of Blues)

Brian Setzer Orchestra (Genesee Theatre)

Kansas (Rialto Square Theatre)